Case for portable sewing machines



R. cAsA's-RoBERT CASE FOR PORTABLE SEWINGMACHINES Aug. 23, 1949.

Filed July 313. 1946 Patented Aug. 23, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ,CASE EOBFOR TABLE SliWlNGMACHINES Ramon Casas Robert," Geneva, Switzerland; signer to Mefina' S; A., Binningen, 1 Switzerland,"

a corporation of Switzerland Application Jlilys i'j masterin than 2 claims: (01. 45:68.2)

he present invention has at as ub ect" a" case for a portable sewing machine with a free arm and provided with two parts orleaves pivoted one to the other by means of a hinge located in a centralplane of the closed case and so arranged leaves is providedwi th a recess adapted to'receive the free arm of the machine and so provided that the plane of the table'formed by the leavesis located on the level of the plate of the free arm of the sewing machine adapted to receive the article to be sewn. s

This case is distinguished from known cases by the fact that the side thereof opposite to that provided with the hinge for the leaves named by two elements of which the first is secured rigidly to one of the leaves, whilst the second is hinged to the walls of the half case in such a manner that in one of its positions it completes the said side of the case so as to form a base on.

which the machine is adapted to rest and that in its other position it is folded towards theleai carrying "the first element.

One form of. construction of a case foraportable sewing machine is shown diagrammatically and by way of example .in the. accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the case of the present invention in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case, one of the leaves being open and enabling the sewing machine to be seen.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, the sewing machine having been removed and the various parts of the case being shown in intermediate positions during the course of the opening operation of the case.

Fig. 4 is a view of the open case forming an operating table for a sewing machine of which the free arm is engaged with a recess provided for this purpose in one of the leaves of the case.

The case is provided with two main parts or leaves I and 2 hinged together by means of a hinge 3 located in the central plane of the closed case and of one of the sides of the case.

The latter is also provided with a handle 4, for easy transport, and with feet 5 preferably of resilient material, such as rubber.

One of the leaves I is provided with a recess 6 (Fig. 2) formed in one of the lateral sides forming one of the large faces of the case. The

It] can occupy two positions:

reaess is covered by ashutter 1. Theqatteriis connected to the saidlateral side offthecase by" a hinge 8. The recess is shaped and provided for thereception of the free arm of chine as shown in Fig.4,

the sewing ma- Finally the side of the case opposite adjacent thereto, and forming parts 'of the sides"- of the case, and on the other hand by an element In hinged to the element by means of'a hinge II located approkimately jin the" central plane of thcase containing the hinge 3." 'The element? (a) an open position (Fig. 1) in whichit located in the'plane'of' the element Band completes thisjso as to form the bottom of the case adapted to receive the sewing machine.

; (b) an extended position (Fig. 4) in whichthis' element is retracted into the interior of the leaf 2 so that after complete opening of the two leaves: I and 2, the edges l2, by means of which they were in contact with one another in the closed position of "the'case, areno-w located inthe same plane and impart a stable support for the operating table closed by the two large faces of the case'now' located in an extension of one another (Fig. 4). The'ponversion' of the case into an operating table is an'extremely simple operation. I'n'fact when the case is" closed (Fig. 1) it sufiices to cause" the leaf I to pivot for opening the case. Thesew ing machine is then exposed and rests on the elements 9 and II] which form the bottom of the case. As the lead I is open, the user has complete facility for removing the sewing machine from its case. After complete opening of the leaf I, that is to say after having moved it into a position in which the two large lateral faces of the case are located approximately in the same plane and in an extension of one another, the user moves the elements I0 towards the interior of the leaxf 2 by causing it to pivot on its hinge I I in the direction of the arrow A. When this operation has been completed he can place the operating table, fomned by the large faces of the leaves I and 2, on a table, the operating table being supported by the edge I2 of the leaves by means of which edges the leaves were in contact when the case was closed.

As the element In is folded and the edge of the element 9 is located in the plane defined by the edges I2, the operating table is supported in an entirely stable manner.

The shutter I is then opened and folded against the face of the leaf Ill so as to uncover the recess that"pro-'- vided with the hinge 3 is formed on theone hand by an element 9 secured rigidly to the walls 6 and to enable the free arm M of the sewing machine to be engaged with the recess (Fig. 4).

In fact there is now nothing to prevent the introduction of the base I3 of the machine in the interior of the leaf l as its lateral side on which the recess 6 opens is not provided with any wall, the latter having been formed in the case by the element l [Lwhich has been folded against the inside'of thelafi;

From the foregoing and by examination of the drawing it will be seen readily that the case, forming the subject of the invention. is extremely practicable and easy to convert into'an operating table for a sewing machine with a, free arm.

A form of construction of. a case has been described above by way of example and with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawing, but it will be understood thatvarious modifications in construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

The element IO-Emay behinged to any other por tionof. the walls ofthe case, for example, it may behinged tothetwolateral walls i l to which the elementfl is secured rigidly. The edge of the element 9 in contact with the, element II when the case. is. closed, is preferably in the plane of the edges l.2.but .it mayalso be located in a plane parallel to. the central plane ofthe case containing the hinge 3, and; tangential; to thep-eripheral surface. of the hinges. thereof. The edges I2 may inthis case be retracted slightly relatively to this parallel plane. Finally this edge may also be retracted relatively. to the plane defined by the edges l2.

Y I claim.

L A case. for. a, portable sewing. machine hav: ing. a free arm, said case comprising two leaves, a hinge connecting saidleaves together, said hinge being located in a central plane, when the saidZ-case is closed, said hinge being so arranged. asto. enable saidleaves to be moved into a fullyv open position in which they are located in an extension of: one another in the same plane and form an operating. table, said leaves When in the fully open position being located at a height sub-. stantially equal to. half. the depth of the closed case, one of. said, leaves haVing a recess therein, said.- recess being adapted. to receive the free arm of: said. machine, the surface of the operating table being located on a level with the base of said free arm' so. as tobe capable of receiving an arti-,

cle to be sewn, the side of the case opposite said hinge comprising two elements, the first of said elements being rigidly secured to one of said leaves, and. the second of said elements being hinged to the same leaf of said case, the arrangement being such that the second element in one position completes a side of said case so as to form a. base on which said machine is adapted to rest, and "ma second position of said second element said second element lies folded against the leaf on which the first element is provided.

2. A case for aportable sewing machine having a free arm, said base comprising two leaves, each haying a table forming side and top and end walls,

. a hinge carriedby the free edges of the top walls of said leaves for connecting said leaves together and lying in a central plane when the case is closed, said hirige'being so arranged as to enable said leaves to be moved into a fully open position in which they are located in an extension of one another. in the sameplaneand form an operating table, said leaves when in the fully open position being located ata height substantially equal to half the depthfof the, closed case, one of saidleaves having a recess therein, said recess being adapted to receiveitheiree arm of saidmachine, the surface of the, operating table being located on a level with the base of said free arm so as to be capableof receiving an article to be sewn, and a bottom for. said case comprising two elements, the first of said elements being rigidly secured to one of; said leaves, andthesecond ofsaid elements being hinged to thesameleaf of said case so that the second element maybe positioned parallel to the first. element. to coo'perate therewith to form a base for the reception of the baseof the sewing machine and so that the, second. element may be folded, under theleaf towhich it is hinged when said; leaves aregf ully openedto. form a table.

AMON} cAsAs ROBERT.

Name Date 1,565,395 Reddig Dec. 15, 1925 2,148,645 Robert"; Feb. 28, 1939 2,249,116 Corless. July 15, 1941 

